Milk-can



(No Model.)

H. E. SCHMIDT. MILK CAN Patented Oct. 20, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT rricn.

HULDA E. SCHMIDT, OF SILVERTON, OHIO.

MILK-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,770, dated October 20, 1896.

Application filed June 5, 1896. Serial No.594,442. (No model.)

To all whom it 71mg concern.-

Be it known that I, HULDA E. SCHMIDT, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Silverton, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cans for holding milk or other similar fluids; and it consists in the novel features hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The accompanying drawing is a central sectional elevation of the milk-can embodying my invention.

A represents an outer cylinder having a suitable bottom A and an internal shoulder or rah-bet s constructed at its top.

A A represent hoops or bands around the upper and lower ends of cylinder A.

a is an inner cylinder having a suitable bottom a and fitting snugly but removably within the cylinder A up to the rabbet 8.

Cylinder A and its bottom are preferably made of indurated fiber of suitable thickness and the cylinder a and its bottom of aluminium. The outer cylinder forms a jacket or shell for the inner one, which latter thus forms a lining for the former, but really constitutes the can or milk-receptacle proper. The inner cylinder or lining a a is preferably a thin film or sheathing of aluminium, which is chosen for its extreme lightness and its freedom from corrosion, the latter feature making it acid-proof and effectually obviating any metal poisoning and the resultant tainting or spoiling of the milk, and also thus keeping it sweet, pure, and wholesome.

The jacket A A, made of indurated fiber, is light, strong, and durable, and, being a nonconductor of either heat or cold, the milk is kept absolutely free from souring in warm temperatures or freezing in cold temperatures. Itis obvious, however, that said outer jacket could be made of any other suitable non-conducting material,such as wood turned from the log or the like, and the same objccts attained.

B represents the dome of the can detachably set in place in the rabbet s, with a gasket or washer Z) intervening to make an air-tight joint and secured by means of buttons 13 or the like.

B is the central upright neck of dome B, and l) a band or hoop thereon. This dome and its neck are also constructed of indurated fiber, the same as the jacket below, but are not lined.

0 represents the lid of the can, with its deep flange fitting within the neck 13, and preferably made of indurated fiber or of such wood that will not taint the milk which may be poured into it from time to time when used by the deliveryman.

I olain1- A milk-can composed of an inner, removable, upright cylinder made of a non-corrod ing metallic substance; a surrounding outer upright cylinder or jacket made of a nonconducting fibrous material; a necked dome detachably fitting within the shouldered top of said outer cylinder, and a deeply-flanged lid or stopper fitting said dome, said cylinders both having suitable bottoms made of the same respective materials as themselves, and the dome and lid made of indurated fiber or a like fibrous material, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

IIULDA E. SCHMIDT.

\Vitnesses L. M. JONES, J onn ELIAS J ones. 

